Rumex scutatus

Sign - sorrel ( Rumex scutatus )

The shield - sorrel ( Rumex scutatus ) is a plant of the family buckwheat family ( Polygonaceae ).

Description

The shield - dock is a typical debris hikers and has a deep-seated fundamental axis with migratory drove like stalks, which pierce at Überschuttung back up. The species is perennial and is about 10 to 40 cm high. The leaves are long-petiolate, pike -shaped, triangular, roundish heart-shaped or almost violin -shaped pike - shaped. The inflorescence is a panicle, which is very loose and is composed of a few upright - spreading branches. The flower stalks are threadlike and usually shorter than the Valven. The outer tepals of female flowers are herbaceous, scarcely 2 mm long and almost boat-shaped. You are pressed for time based fruit of the blades. The Valven are usually pale, 4.5-6 mm long and 5 mm wide and completely schwielenlos. The name of the species refers to the shield-shaped leaves. The chromosome number is 2n = 20

Bloom time is from May to August.

Occurrence

As location coarse debris corridors are ( scree ) and rocky, sunny slopes preferred. The plant is base- loving and has spread to the subalpine altitudinal zone. Its distribution area covers the mountains of central and southern Europe and southwest Asia.

Others

The shield - sorrel is high in vitamin C and calcium oxalate. He was formerly officinal used (" Herba romana "). Cultivars are ( Rumex scutatus var hortensis ) also planted as a " French or Roman spinach " and sometimes naturalized in the deeper layers of walls. It is also used as spice soup and salad use.